Last month I reviewed the incredible new Viltrox EVO 85mm F2 lens on Sony FE, and while we’ve had to wait at times to see such lenses come to Nikon Z-mount, Viltrox has accelerated the timeline, and this sweet new…
Last year I reviewed the first full frame prime lens in Sirui’s Aurora series last year – the Aurora 85mm F1.4. It fell into a nice budget space of under $600 and added a nice build and features along with…
Tamron’s early relationship with Nikon in the mirrorless age was very unique. Nikon, like Canon, was technically closed to third party autofocus lenses, but Tamron’s popular trilogy of fast zoom lenses (the 17-28mm F2.8, 28-75mm F2.8, and 70-180mm F2.8) made…
The Tamron 28-200mm F2.8-5.6 RXD was one of the lenses from the past five years that really surprised me. I initially reviewed in back in June of 2020, and I was unexpectedly surprised by how good it was optically for…
Uh oh! Just when other lensmakers were adjusting to Viltrox’s three pronged approach of budget AIR, upper mid-tier PRO, and premium LAB series of lenses, Viltrox is back with a whole new series of lenses under the label of EVO.…
Viltrox’s Pro AF 85mm F1.4 kicked off the jump of their Pro series into the full frame space with a bang. I gave the lens a pretty glowing review (my review here) as did many, many other reviewers. I’ve liked…
SongRaw? Who is SongRaw? SongRaw is the most recent lensmaker to rise up in China, and they are starting in a much more ambitious space than most new lensmakers. Their first lens is a full frame autofocus 50mm F1.2, something…
It’s been about 3 weeks since I released my review of the Sony E-mount version of this lens, but I wanted to revisit with an X-mount review because A) this is an important lens for X-mount and B) the most…
The number of first party macro lenses on Sony’s full frame E-mount have been limited, with the 90mm F2.8 Macro G OSS standing out as the main entry. I belatedly reviewed it back in 2020, but it was already 3…
Sigma has been releasing one hit after another in 2025, and it feels like a full time job just to keep up with all the new lenses. This most recent tranche of lenses has a number of huge releases: the…
Viltrox’s AIR series has become one of the most fascinating lineups in the lens market today. Not because they are fancy (they aren’t) or feature rich (ditto), but because they are small, light, inexpensive, and, most importantly, optically impressive. While…
Sigma has been releasing one hit after another in 2025, and it feels like a full time job just to keep up with all the new lenses. This most recent tranche of lenses has a number of huge releases: the…
Viltrox’s AIR series has become one of the most fascinating lineups in the lens market today. Not because they are fancy (they aren’t) or feature rich (ditto), but because they are small, light, inexpensive, and, most importantly, optically impressive. While…
You’ve heard of autofocus lenses, and you’ve heard of manual focus lenses, but what about lenses that are a little of both? Laowa’s new 180mm F4.5 1.5x Ultra Macro APO is a first for me – it’s an autofocus lens…
Sigma has been releasing one hit after another in 2025, and it feels like a full time job just to keep up with all the new lenses. This most recent tranche of lenses has a number of huge releases: the…
Each one of Viltrox’s Pro series lenses have proven to be serious disruptors in the lens market. The 75mm F1.2 set the bar from what was optically achievable in a fast APS-C telephoto, while the 27mm F1.2 proved to be…
About five weeks I reviewed the new Viltrox 15mm F1.7 from their AIR series, and while I was researching competitors for that lens I realized that Sigma didn’t have anything wider than 16mm in their APS-C prime lenses specifically designed…
In 2024 TTArtisan released their first full frame lens in the form of the AF 75mm F2, which I gave a largely positive review here. It offered a compact size, nice build, and good performance in an inexpensive package. Autofocus…